RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Department of Elections disclosed Friday afternoon that over a month in the past it “inadvertently” shared the state’s registered voter listing, which comprises private figuring out info, with an unnamed particular person.

The particular person with whom the file was shared March 6 contacted the department, and the “data was destroyed in accordance with state policy,” the department mentioned in an announcement. There isn't any indication it was additional shared or downloaded, the assertion mentioned.

“The incident was caused by human error and there is no reason to believe that the disclosed data will be used for fraudulent purposes,” the assertion mentioned.

The file was shared with the unnamed particular person after the particular person initially requested vote historical past knowledge for a selected district.

The department mentioned it adopted procedures for “evaluation and disclosure of the incident to law enforcement” and that the Office of the State Inspector General performed an investigation.

Representatives of that workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for the findings of its investigation.

The elections division mentioned it had additionally taken steps to strengthen its safety processes for fulfilling comparable knowledge requests, together with re-training staff and rising restrictions on its data-sharing protocols.

The department mentioned it was “grateful” to the one who obtained the info and their obvious willingness to cooperate “to address the error.”

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